Seventeen people suffered varying degrees of injury after a Bulgarian cruise ship transiting the Danube River struck the side of a lock in northern Austria on Friday, March 29. The unidentified vessel, which had more than 140 passengers embarked, was sailing along the Danube near the municipality...
A Navibulgar bulk carrier and all 17 crew, hijacked by Somali pirates three months ago, have been rescued by the Indian naval forces. The navy said the special commandos on its warship INS Kolkata had forced the surrender of 35 Somali pirates and that the crew of the abducted Maltese-flagged Ruen...
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Best Medium Patrol Boat – Balchik – Baltic Workboats At 45 metres LOA, this patrol boat is nearing the maximum size of boats built, to date, by the fast growing Estonian aluminium boat designer and builder Baltic Workboats (BWB). Much of BWB’s production is for export and, as it was built for the...
Oh, to be young today! I know, I know, I know, I know, Sophie Ellis Bextor’s 2001 single “Murder on the Dancefloor” is back topping the charts after it appeared in a post cinematic rip-off of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and David Guetta is filling the dancefloors with his Grammy nominated “Baby Don’t...
Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria aim to sign a deal next month on a joint plan to clear mines floating in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine. Splash has reported repeatedly on mines being detected in the Black Sea in the near two years of war between Russia and Ukraine. “Due …
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Cosmos Van Oord, a joint venture of Bulgaria’s Cosmos Shipping and Dutch marine projects company Van Oord, has been awarded a contract to perform dredging at the Port of Burgas in Bulgaria. The project is part of the construction of a new deep-water berth at terminal Burgas-West in the Port of...
Officials in Israel have reported that elements of Yemen’s Houthi rebel militia hijacked a commercial vessel while it was underway in the Red Sea on Sunday, November 19. The Bahamas-flagged vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader was en route to India when it was boarded by armed perpetrators off the coast...
Construction is nearly completed on a new patrol vessel for the Guyana Defence Force’s maritime arm while work continues on a future US Navy submarine and the lead ship ..
Estonian builder Baltic Workboats has completed the final series of sea trials of a new patrol boat ordered by the Bulgarian Border Police. Named Balchik after a town on ..
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The launch of the Ada-class corvette, Hetman Ivan Mazepa, for the Ukrainian Navy. The Ada-class corvettes were first developed for the Turkish Navy under its MILGEM program and have four ships in service. Office of the President of Ukraine
Eastern European countries continue to bolster their naval forces prompted by Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
Even with small coastlines and limited operations in the confined waters of the Baltic and Black Seas, the maritime domain is a major factor for...